Article ID: CBB001422009

Catacomb Culture Wagons of the Eurasian Steppes (2014)

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The origin and development of wheeled vehicles continues to fascinate today no less than when Stuart Piggott (1974) first wrote about the subject in Antiquity 40 years ago. A growing number of examples from the steppes of southern Russia and Ukraine are providing new insights into the design and construction of these complex artefacts. A recent example from the Ulan IV burial mound illustrates the techniques employed and the mastery of materials, with careful selection of the kinds of wood used for the wheels, axles and other elements. Stable isotope analysis of the individual interred in this grave showed that he had travelled widely, emphasising the mobility of steppe populations. Keywords: Eurasian steppes, Bronze Age, Catacomb culture, wheeled vehicles, isotopes

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Authors & Contributors
González-García, A. César
Belmonte, Juan Antonio
Firsov, Alexander
Hua, Jueming
Kinney, Thomas A.
Maraszek, Regine
Journals
Antiquity
Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
Guangxi Minzu Xueyuan Xuebao
Research in the History of Technology
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Halle (Saale) Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte
Johns Hopkins University Press
Leuven University Press
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Archaeology
Technology
Archaeoastronomy
Artifacts
Land transportation
East Asia, civilization and culture
People
Evans, Arthur, Sir
Loutzky, Boris
Nilsson, Sven
Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus
Thomsen, Christian Jürgensen
Time Periods
Bronze age
19th century
Prehistory
Stone age
20th century, early
Ancient
Places
China
Europe
Russia
Spain
Armenia
Great Britain
Institutions
Abbot-Downing Company
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